17.07.2012 [Daijiworld.com] - London, Jul 17 (IANS): Ace rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra, the 10-member archery team and the four weightlifters were among the first Indians to arrive in the Olympic Village here. Bindra, who won the historic gold medal in Beijing, was the first Indian

19.07.2012 [Moneycontrol.com] - Consider this: Virat Kohli, when he burst on to the scene used to charge around Rs 20 lakh a brand. Today he commands crores. After Vijender Singh, Abhinav Bindra and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won Olympic medals the most they made was Rs 40 lakh

Abhinav Singh Bindra (born September 28, 1982, in Dehradun Athlete Biography: Abhinav Bindra. The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.) is an Indian shooter and is a World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event. By winning the gold in the 10 m Air Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games. It was also India's first gold medal since 1980, when the Men's Field Hockey Team won the gold.

25.10.2012 [Best Media Info] - Shooting is a solitary sport and one that has consumed Abhinav Bindra's life since he was 13, with his parents giving him a private shooting range so he could follow his dreams. Those dreams became reality at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, when he won

23.10.2012 [Times of India] - Two years later, I was in the State Championship." Karmakar, who trains alongside Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, further said shooting is the best sport in India, having earned so many medals for the country. "Indian shooters are all over the place.

11.08.2012 [India Today] - But it was the boisterous joy which the Irish erupted into at ExCel Arena on Thursday that transported me back in time to when Abhinav Bindra stepped up to the top rung of the victory podium in Beijing. When India's Goldfinger won four years ago, the

11.08.2012 [Firstpost] - We have one more medal in terms of quantity, but less in terms of quality since Abhinav Bindra's gold in Beijing made up for the lack of more medals. It was the first individual gold ever won by any Indian in history, before or after independence. But

18.07.2012 [Yahoo! Sports] - Abhinav Bindra (Shooting). Bindra enters the 2012 Summer Olympics as the reigning gold medalist and world champion in the 10m air rifle event. Bindra is the first Indian to win an individual gold medal, and the first since 1980. He enters the Olympics

18.07.2012 [Yahoo! Sports] - Abhinav Bindra. The holder of the only gold ever won in an individual sport for India is looking to repeat. Bindra won the gold in the 10m air rifle at the Beijing Games in 2008. He admits to not being prepared for the sweep of fame he was caught up in

30.07.2012 [Yahoo! Sports] - Zhu Qinan will have been inspired by the weekend victories of Chinese countrywomen Yi Siling and Guo Wenjun. Zhu won in Athens and was runner-up in Beijing by just eight-tenths of a point to Abhinav Bindra, who became India's first individual Olympic